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unlock the inner closets containing- a wealth of hidden treasure, 

 that treasure of human sympathy that has made this whole work 

 possible. 



As we pass again through the crowded streets to the cars, a 

 feeling of exhilaration takes the place of the depression within 

 us on our arrival, for we have witnessed a practical object lesson 

 of the possibilities of a properly conducted park, with its combina- 

 tion of playgrounds, baths, gymnasium, and last but not least its 

 School Farm, as a means for the training of children in manliness 

 and womanliness and civic pride through the channels of recrea- 

 tion, pleasure and instruction. 



TEMPERANCE PHYSIOLOGY SIXTY-SIX YEARS AGO 



We are accustomed to think of the modern form of " temper- 

 ance phvsiologv " for elementary schools as an invention of people 

 still actively interested in promulgating the gospel of temperance 

 instruction for schools. A short time ago in a search for rare 

 scientific school-books the writer found in an old book-shop in 

 Xew York a copy of " Physiology for Children," by Jane Taylor, 

 published in Xew York in 1839. It was evidently somewhat suc- 

 cessful in spite of the fact that laws did not then require " tem- 

 perance instruction," for five years after its first publication the 

 twenty-eight thousand was printed. The twenty-second lesson, 

 which occupies three of the ninety pages, instead of eighteen 

 which would now be required, is certainly interesting ; and we 

 reprint it exactly as -it stands in the original. It reminds us of 

 some text-books still on the market and of many others common 

 less than twenty years ago. 



M. A. Bigelow. 



"Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Body" 



"How does drinking ardent spirits affect the stomach? 



It deranges the stomach, and changes its natural form. 



How is this seen? 



If we examine the stomach of a person after death who lias been in the 

 habit of drinking, we shall see the inside of the stomach feverish and in- 

 flamed, and all the little vessels filled with sickly, black blood. 



Do ardent spirits burn the stomach, as they do the mouth and throat? 



Certainly, only much worse, as the hot fiery stuff is kept in the stomach. 

 but soon leaves the mouth and throat. If the burning drinks should stop 



